Linux Groupware solution

[Eddiefdz]

Hello All,

Is anyone using a good groupware product that they can recommend? I have been looking at several options but i would like some feedback as to which ones people have deployed.

Thanks to all,

Eddie Fernandez
CCNA, Network+, A+, MCP

 

[Trevoke]

Gentoo offers the following packages (after a simple search), just to make you aware of maybe more options:

* gnome-extra/evolution-data-server
Available versions: 1.0.2 1.0.3 1.0.4 1.2.1-r1 1.2.3 1.4.0 1.4.1
Installed: 1.4.1
Homepage:

http://www.ximian.com/

Description: Evolution groupware backend

* kde-base/kdepim-kresources
Available versions: 3.4.1 3.4.2 3.4.3 [M]3.5_beta1 [M]3.5.0_beta2
Installed: none
Homepage:

http://www.kde.org/

Description: KDE PIM groupware plugin collection

* mail-client/evolution
Available versions: 1.2.4 2.0.3-r2 2.0.4 2.2.3-r3 2.4.0 2.4.1
Installed: none
Homepage:

http://ximian.com/products/evolution/

Description: A GNOME groupware application, a Microsoft Outlook workalike

*

http://www-apps/moregroupware

Available versions: 0.7.2 0.7.3
Installed: none
Homepage:

http://moregroupware.sourceforge.net/

Description: more.groupware is another web based groupware

*

http://www-apps/phpgroupware

Available versions: 0.9.16.008
Installed: none
Homepage:

http://www.phpgroupware.org/

Description: intranet/groupware tool and application framework

*

http://www-apps/egroupware

Available versions: 1.0.0.009_p3
Installed: none
Homepage:

http://www.eGroupWare.org/

Description: Web-based GroupWare suite

Evolution is usually regarded as very good; but I have not deployed any, myself.

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[Chacalinc]

what's about SugarCRM ? google for it.

Chacal, Inc.

 

[jrjuiliano]

Are you looking for a server solution or client groupware?

 

[Eddiefdz]

I am looking for a server solution such as OpenExchange, Scalix, etc...

Eddie Fernandez
CCNA, Network+, A+, MCP

 

[jrjuiliano]

I'm testing Open-Xchange (the GPL version of OpenExchange) and so far it's working out nicely, but you have to make sure you have all your java working correctly, a good mail server set up already (Postfix and Cyrus). Then Postgresql and some perl stuff.

It takes a while to get it running the way you want but it seems to be pretty good.

There are also extensions for Outlook available that are commercial. Calendaring is done through WebDAV (iCal files).

A lot of these groupware solutions are based on pre-existing mail servers, so if you want to experiment, get your IMAP server set up and try from there!

There are also some good PHP-based systems but I think they are no where near the features of Open-Xchange.

There is also Zimbra, which is new, seems really cool, but I haven't tried it yet.

HTH